Toner, toner stored unit, image forming apparatus, and image forming method

1. A toner comprising:

a polyester resin, fluorine and aluminum,

wherein the toner satisfies formulae (1) and (2),

1.00 ≧AB/B≧ 0.50  (1)

0≦( A−AB )/ A≦ 0.25  (2)

where A represents an area in which the fluorine exists as measured by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), B represents an area in which the aluminum exists as measured by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and AB represents an overlapping area between A and B.

2. The toner of claim 1 , wherein the toner further comprises an inorganic laminar compound having the fluorine on a surface thereof.

3. The toner comprising of claim 2 , wherein the inorganic laminar compound is one in which organic ions are at least partially substituted for ions present between layers.

4. A toner stored unit which stores the toner of claim 1 .

5. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

an image bearer;

an electrostatic latent image former to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearer;

a developing unit containing a toner and configured to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearer to form a visible image;

a transfer unit to transfer the visible image onto a recording medium; and

a fixing unit to fix the visible image onto the recording medium

wherein the toner is the toner of claim 1 .

6. An image forming method, comprising:

forming an electrostatic latent image on an image bearer;

developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearer with toner to form a visible image;

transferring the visible image onto a recording medium; and

fixing the visible image onto the recording medium

wherein the toner is the toner of claim 1 .